Below is an article from Brazil's largest paper, O Globo......its loosely translated from Portuguese to English. No where in this article does it suggest that Silva was slighted nor does it indicate their was any animosity between the two men. In fact, there are photos in their fotogaleria [see link below] that suggest there was a very warm interaction between the two. In addition, at the end of the press conference, Obama described their talks as "maravilhoso".......Portuguese for wonderful. Foreigners tend to be impressed when American leaders voice even one word in their language and so it was duly noted in the article. My conclusion: your sources are wrong and looking for trouble.
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva affirmed, in the opening of the press conference granted to the side of the president of the United States, Barack Obama, in the White House, in Washington, that is necessary to reestablish the confidence in the governments and to make with that the credit comes back to flow in the world. Obama praised the program of biocombustíveis of Brazil, but it did not signal with the possibility of the country to buy etanol Brazilian.
I find that Brazil showed an incredible leadership in this area of biocombustível, I have a great admiration for the steps taken for the Brazilian government for the politics of biocombustíveis. Mine politics is to fold the efforts of the United States to find, here inside, a clean energy. We have much that to learn with Brazil, we have that to change ideas. But the question of the Brazilian biocombustível to come to the United States is tense subject and it does not go to move of one day for the other. But with the colloquies and exchange of experiences, this tension goes to diminish - Obama affirmed.
President Lula spoke of its effort to convince the world-wide leaders the viability and importance of the biocombustíveis and affirmed that she does not discourage ahead of the resistance that has found. " I do not understand I eat the world I am worried about the climatic question, with the emission of gases that provoke the effect greenhouse, and a pollutant fuel is not taxed and a clean fuel is taxed " To each day that passes Brazil is proving that the biocombustível is an extraordinary alternative e, to the few, the countries goes if convincing this. E the things go walking, to the measure that the people go moving, because nobody dumb of one hour for another one its energy matrix - Squid said The Brazilian president also affirmed that, when Barack Obama will be to Brazil, it will ask for to give to a stroll in the car flex so that it perceives as these vehicles function of calm form.
Squid still detached the seriousness of the crisis and said that it would not like to be in the place of Obama with only 40 days of mandate. It charged a reply fast and firm politics for the crisis and said that the governing ones go to work to construct a proposal joint in the G-20, group that congregates the 20 bigger economies of the world and has meeting set appointments for 2 of April. - In the events public where I have participated in Brazil, I always speak that I have praid more for Obama of what for me - Squid counted. Squid remembered that the number of unemployeds is growing in the world and already the increase of the persecution is observed the immigrants in some countries. It also counted to have said the Obama that was extremely important to reopen the quarrels on the Round of Doha. Crisis makes it difficult reduction of protectionism Barack Obama argued that it has little space for reduction of protectionism during international the financial crisis. However, it said that she is necessary to prevent retrocessions in the opening of the world-wide commerce. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - It is important that all the countries recognize that the commerce is the engine of the economy. Our objective is, at least, not retroceding in agreements with Brazil - Obama affirmed, recognizing that the moment is propitious to the creation of protectionistic barriers: - At a moment of economic difficulty, where people are losing job, we finish thinking first about people - it affirmed. The Brazilian president agreed to Obama that is difficult to advance currently in the commercial exchanges. It remembered, however, that it is accurately the increase of the world-wide commerce that can contribute to minimize the crisis. - I find that in the crisis he is more difficult to conclude the agreement (of Doha), but the conclusion can be one of the components to alliviate the crisis in the countries poor of the world - it affirmed. - The problem is that all country alone wants to vender, all country wants to have commercial surplus. Only that this is not possible. The commerce has that to be a way of hand-pair, you vende and you purchase - Squid detached, remembering that the volume of commercial exchanges between Brazil and U.S.A. still is very low. To the end of the collective one, Obama affirmed that it intends to repay the visit of Squid, but not yet knows when it will be able to come to Brazil. The American president said that the meeting with Squid was " maravilhoso".
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